Astronomy is the most
interdisciplinary science, covering topics from
physics to biology to chemistry, math to language to history. It is in
our various world
cultures, from the calendar to myths to
todayís modern
technology. Keplerís 17-th
century
laws of planetary motion govern GPS and
communication satellites and your remoteís infrared light was
discovered by William Herschel, the discoverer of Uranus.

In addition,
astronomy is the rare science that even
non-professionals can make a
contribution, it can be a lifelong hobby, and students always love to
do
things involving astronomy even in other classes and lessons.

Why should you be teaching astronomy?

Knowledge of
astronomy will help you
understand more about science works.

It is in virtually every state standards, somewhere, and especially in the K-8 grades.

It is part of every national standard, bookmark, and strongly present in
the Earth Science and Physics areas of the Next Generation Science
Standards

It will be tested in many state-level tests and science tests for college admission; if you don't teach astronomy, who will?

Astronomy is THE science
that can capture
and inspire nearly every childís interest
and imagination.

Even if astronomy
isnít in your particular grade or course standards, it CAN be
incorporated, to make students spark!

The To Teach The Stars Workshops are tailored to your standards and
teachers' needs of what they want to learn, or know better. They
are extremely interactive and hands-on, with topics taught in a way that
teachers can model. We use single-person and team activities,
modeling, inquiry, empirical and observation methods, and NGSS
practices, among many other pedagogical techniques. And we've been teaching this stuff for a long time!

We do
in-service and pre-service training, we work with school children
groups, and public outreach. We offer an occasional
teacher-oriented tour and, locally, we offer services to classes and
home-schools.